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(Nelson, 1st line; Kristofferson, 2nd line; Jennings, 3rd line; Cash 4th line) |
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I taught the weepin' willow how to cry, cry, cry |
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And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky |
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And the tears I cried for that woman, are gonna flood you, big river |
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And I'm gonna sit right here until I die |
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(Willie Nelson) |
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I met her accidentally in St. Paul Minnesota, |
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And it tore me up every time I heard her drawl, southern drawl |
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Then I heard my dream went back downstream cavortin' in Davenport, |
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And I followed you, big river, when she called. |
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(Kris Kristofferson) |
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Oh she took me to St. Louis later on, down the river |
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A freighter said, "She's been here, but she's gone, boy, she's gone" |
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And I found her trail in Memphis, but she just walked up the block. |
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Raised a few eyebrows and went on down alone. |
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(Waylon Jennings) |
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Well, I pulled into Natchez, next day down the river |
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But there wasn't much there to make the rounders stay very long. |
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When I left it was rainin' so nobody saw me cry. |
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Big river, why she doin' me this way? |
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(Johnny Cash, lead and all the others, harmony) |
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Now won't you batter down by Baton Rouge, River Queen, roll it on |
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Take that woman on down to New Orleans, New Orleans |
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Go on, I've had enough; dump my blues down in the gulf |
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She loves you, big river, more than me |
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(Nelson, 1st line; Kristofferson, 2nd line; Jennings, 3rd line; Cash 4th line) |
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I taught the weepin' willow how to cry, cry, cry |
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And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky |
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And the tears I cried for that woman, are gonna flood you, big river |
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And I'm gonna sit right here until I die |